Photo: Michele Schaffer · CC BY 2.0Stony Point’s library runs 30 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24 for libraries its size
Rose Memorial Library Association serves Stony Point’s 14,813 residents. Last year it lent 24K print books and media and logged 20K visits.
What Stony Point’s library is like
Every town next door borrows more
Stony Point’s library lends 1.6 items per resident. Each of the five neighboring towns with a library of its own lends more, led by Highlands at 9.2. Libraries next door ↓
Rose Memorial Library Association is used less than most libraries its size
Rose Memorial Library Association records 1.3 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people. Borrowing is 1.6 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. How it compares ↓
Programs lean toward adults
71% of the 438 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 116 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
This summary is written from the numbers on this page. Numbers are the library’s own report to the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
What’s behind Stony Point’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Stony Point is ahead of 24% of U.S. towns, #594 of 751 in New York. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; library visits pull it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($95K–$159K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
Civic life counts registered nonprofits, library visits and online volunteering groups, so it can miss civic life that runs through congregations, mutual aid or neighbors looking out for each other.
Library visits: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024. Nonprofits: IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File, October 2026. Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. How TownRatings grades civic life →
44 community nonprofits are registered in Stony Point
3.0 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
Community nonprofits, by kind
Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (15 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 3 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
7.8%
7.8% of Stony Point’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 7.4% in the typical New York town and 7.5% nationally.
Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. ZIP-code figures, weighted by where Stony Point’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Rose Memorial Library Association serves 14,813 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 10 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
24K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 25K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1 time last year, on average.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 2 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Stony Point last year.
2 places to borrow in Stony Point
Rose Memorial Library Association, 79 East Main Street, Stony Point.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Stony Point? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Other libraries in Stony Point
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Stony Point cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $776K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $423K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $776K budget.
Fine-free. No late fees on books returned late.
Retail prices are typical, rounded down: a new book $17, a kids’ book $12, an e-book or e-audiobook $15, a movie rental $4, a class or program $10, a computer or Wi-Fi session $3. The average cardholder’s month = the library’s yearly loans, attendance and Wi-Fi sessions ÷ its 3,425 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Stony Point ranks 6th of 6 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highlands | Highland Falls Library | 9.2 | 42 | B |
| Haverstraw | Haverstraw Kings Daughters Public Library fine-free | 6.5 | 60 | C |
| Thiells | Haverstraw Kings Daughters Public Library fine-free | 6.5 | 60 | — graded as part of its town |
| Philipstown | Alice Curtis Desmond and Hamilton Fish Library fine-free | 5.1 | 52 | A+ |
| Peekskill | The Field Library fine-free | 4.2 | 64 | C− |
| Stony Point | Rose Memorial Library Association fine-free | 1.6 | 47 | C− |
| Cortlandt | Hendrick Hudson Free Library fine-free | — | 63 | B+ |
| Montrose | Hendrick Hudson Free Library fine-free | — | 63 | — graded as part of its town |
| Verplanck | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Buchanan | None of its own | — | — | C− |
Loans = print + digital items borrowed in the library’s fiscal year, per person it serves. — = no library of its own, a county or regional system (its numbers cover many towns), or no report. Civic life: — = not graded (unincorporated places, whose nonprofits can’t be placed by mailing address, or towns with fewer than two of the three inputs).
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Digital loans not reported. New York libraries often don’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average; libraries are compared with others serving about as many people. How TownRatings uses library figures →
Questions about the library and civic life in Stony Point
Does Stony Point have a public library?
Yes. Rose Memorial Library Association, 79 East Main Street, serves Stony Point’s 14,813 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 47 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Rose Memorial Library Association fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks and research databases with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Stony Point’s library?
It logged 1.3 visits and lent 1.6 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Stony Point’s civic life grade?
C− Stony Point is ahead of 24% of U.S. towns on civic life, #594 of 751 in New York. The grade combines library visits per resident, community nonprofits per 1,000 residents and the share of adults 25–44 in volunteering groups. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Stony Point.
Libraries: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Each library reports its own numbers. Distances are straight-line from the town center. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.